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Enrollment
716
Elementary
DISTRICT 508 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340603001512
Chews Elementary School
600 CHEWSLANDING SOMERDALE RD, BLACKWOOD, NJ 08012 · (856) 783-6607 · Camden County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL716 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
277 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 45 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 133 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (114).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
38.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.2pp since 2023
Math
40.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.5% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.3% | 38.4% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Chews Elementary School
Chews Elementary School's state test result (34.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chews Elementary School this school | 716 | 38.7% | 34.2% |
| Radix Elementary WILLIAMSTOWN | 609 | 34.2% | 53.7% |
| Elms Elementary School Jackson | 705 | 38.0% | 43.5% |
| Wayside Elementary School OCEAN | 583 | 34.5% | 65.1% |
| Delran Intermediate School DELRAN | 610 | 37.2% | 38.8% |
| Oak Knoll Elementary School WILLIAMSTOWN | 671 | 30.8% | 48.0% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Chews Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #876 of 1,290 | #56 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #793 of 1,319 ▼ 19 | #46 of 85 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #964 of 1,319 ▼ 26 | #55 of 85 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 716 | #103 of 1,562 | #3 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,186 of 1,390 | #63 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.9% | #466 of 1,392 | #37 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.7% | #729 of 1,481 | #46 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.4% | #198 of 545 | #16 of 40 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
716
+54 (+8%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 743
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 716 | 52.7 | 13.6:1 | 39% (277) |
| 2023-24 | 714 | 52.7 | 13.6:1 | 33% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 716 | 52 | 13.8:1 | 34% (244) |
| 2020-21 | 662 | 55 | 12.0:1 | 28% (183) |
| 2017-18 | 637 | 53 | 12.0:1 | 33% (210) |
| 2015-16 | 669 | 49 | 13.7:1 | 28% (190) |
| 2010-11 | 805 | 39 | 20.6:1 | 20% (164) |
| 2000-01 | 912 | 47 | 19.4:1 | 15% (140) |
| 1990-91 | 743 | 43 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chews Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (637 to 716); teachers down 1% (53 to 52.7).
About Chews Elementary School
Chews Elementary School is an elementary school located in BLACKWOOD, New Jersey, in Camden County. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 716 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in New Jersey is roughly 405 students; this school is 77% larger than that.
Gloucester Township Public Schools enrolls 6,502 students, and its 11 schools include Chews Elementary School.
Roughly 58% of students at Chews Elementary School are White. Enrollment also includes 16% Hispanic, 16% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The county population is about 55% White, within a few points of the school. Chews Elementary School's diversity index is 61%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 52.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.6 students per teacher. The school has more students per teacher than the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 39%. The average for public schools in Camden County is 50%.
The allk12 Grade for Chews Elementary School is C-. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 15% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Chews Elementary School would be expected to post about 45.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 34.2%.
Camden County census figures show that the median household income is $88,755, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Camden County is home to 158 public schools and about 82,104 public school students.
Triton Regional High School is the public school closest to Chews Elementary School, about 1.0 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 34.7% on proficiency, and Chews Elementary School is below that at 34.2%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 8% from 2020-21, when Chews Elementary School had 662 students, to 2024-25, when it had 716. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.0:1 to 13.6:1 over the same years.
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Camden County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
527,257
Census ACS
Median income
$88,755
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
158
82,104 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gloucester Township Public Schools
- Ann A. Mullen Middle SchoolMiddle · 937 students
- Glen Landing Middle SchoolMiddle · 795 students
- Charles W. Lewis Middle SchoolMiddle · 704 students
- Erial Elementary SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Loring Flemming Elementary SchoolElementary · 629 students
- Blackwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 574 students
Other schools in BLACKWOOD
- Highland Regional High SchoolHigh · 1,150 students
- Glen Landing Middle SchoolMiddle · 795 students
- Charles W. Lewis Middle SchoolMiddle · 704 students
- Loring Flemming Elementary SchoolElementary · 629 students
- Blackwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 574 students
- Gloucester Township Elementary SchoolElementary · 222 students
Nearby schools
- Triton Regional High School1.0 mi · 1,146
- Glen Landing Middle School1.1 mi · 795
- Loring Flemming Elementary School1.2 mi · 629
- Glendora Elementary School1.2 mi · 233
- Parkview Elementary School1.2 mi · 357
- Sterling High School1.3 mi · 839
Frequently asked questions
About Chews Elementary SchoolHow large is Chews Elementary School?
Chews Elementary School enrolls approximately 716 students in grades PK-05.
Is Chews Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Chews Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Chews Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Chews Elementary School is approximately 13.6:1 (53 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chews Elementary School?
At Chews Elementary School, the student body is approximately 58% White, 16% Hispanic, 16% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Chews Elementary School public or private?
Chews Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Gloucester Township Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.